Top brands back WIT’s first event in London
Momondo Group, CarTrawler, Travel Weekly Group lend support, AccorHotels, Priceline among speakers in first WIT to build digital travel bridge between Asia and Europe.
As the European travel market matures, there is no doubt that the new frontier for Europe’s leading travel brands resides in As [...]
Dreamers may still win the day in online travel as brands go “upper funnel”
Ten years ago, we struggled to get the word “inspiration” mentioned at online travel conferences. Everyone was more interested in clicks, conversions and transactions.
I remember a debate we had at the WIT Conference over “Inspiration vs Transaction” and the dreamers among us voted with o [...]
Responses to Google’s travel plans – “bad news”, “they can go wrong” and “transformational”
A sampling of responses to Google’s talk yesterday at Phocuswright Dublin.
Rod Cuthbert, CEO, Rome2rio
“Google's relentless push to replace existing travel intermediaries with their own solutions is bad news for the whole travel industry. Their key products -- Flights, Hotels, Transit [...]
10 key learning points from WIT Indonesia (Part Two)
The fourth annual WIT Indonesia conference took place against the backdrop of turquoise skies and deep blue ocean at Grand Nikko Bali on April 28, 2016.
Part Two takes an in-depth look at where the industry is headed and what it will take for businesses to get where they want to be. While the tra [...]
10 key learning points from WIT Indonesia (Part One)
The fourth annual WIT Indonesia conference took place against the backdrop of turquoise skies and deep blue ocean at Grand Nikko Bali on April 28, 2016.
Key industry players geared up to "Reboot" and tackle the big issues like how to surf the wave of technology that pervades the industry (without [...]
Whether you’re a surfer or sumo wrestler, the big wave in online travel is coming
Perhaps it was the Bali setting which has a way of inspiring anyone to flights of fancy but in the opening session of WIT Indonesia, there was talk of surfing, aquariums and team sports, even sumo wrestlers.
The conference opened with the premise that technology is like a surf – it starts slow, [...]
This was the news today – consolidation continues, money flows in, Huston exits
Proving that there’s never a dull moment in travel, while WIT Indonesia was happening inside the ballroom of Grand Nikko Bali yesterday, these things happened in the world outside.One, China’s HNA Group, which is on its path to building a global travel empire, buys Carlson Hotels Inc., owner of [...]
Letter from Bali: It’s Indonesia’s time in the digital sun
It’s a full flight. The beginning of a long weekend for Singaporeans and Bali’s always a quick and good two-hour-flight escape for stressed out city folks.There are lots of Australians too on the flight, connecting via Changi which, to no one’s surprise, has just been named “best airport to [...]
Want to get your hotel distribution and marketing right? Here are nine habits you should pick up.
The inaugural WIT Hospitality conference took place in Hong Kong’s state-of-the-art Hotel ICON on March 22, 2016. The day brought forth far more than fresh insight, but it also acted as a platform for key players to fight their corner on key issues that riddle the travel and hospitality industry t [...]
QuadLabs Technologies, Travog wins APAC Travel Innovator of the Year award
Travel industry research authority, Phocuswright, has announced the award winners of the first Asia Pacific Travel Innovation Summit during Phocuswright India, currently underway in Gurgaon, India.Ten innovators took the stage to demonstrate their applications and solutions that are set to change th [...]
